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Tur⋅co⋅man

  [tur-kuh-muhn]
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–noun, plural -mans.
1. Turkoman.
2. Turkmen.
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Turk⋅men

  [turk-men, -muhn]
–noun
the language of the Turkman people, a Turkic language spoken mostly east of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan but also in parts of European Russia, Iran, and the Caucasus.
Also, Turkoman, Turcoman.

Origin:
< Turk Türkmen

Tur⋅ko⋅man

  [tur-kuh-muhn]
–noun, plural -mans.
1. a member of a Turkish people consisting of a group of tribes that inhabit the region near the Aral Sea and parts of Iran and Afghanistan.
2. Turkmen.
Also, Turcoman.

Origin:
< ML Turcomannus < Pers turkmān Turkmen
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Tur·co·man   (tûr'kə-mən)   
n.   & adj.
Variant of Turkmen.
Turk·men   (tûrk'měn, -mən)   
n.   pl. Turkmen or Turk·mens

  1. A native or inhabitant of Turkmenistan.

  2. also Tur·ko·man or Tur·co·man (tûr'kə-mən) pl. Turkoman or Turcoman or Tur·ko·mans or Tur·co·mans A member of a traditionally nomadic Turkic people inhabiting Turkmenistan and neighboring areas in Iran and Afghanistan.

  3. also Turkoman or Turcoman The Turkic language of the Turkmen.


[Medieval Latin Turcomannus, from Persian Turkmān, from turkmān, like a Turk, from Turk, Turk; see Turki.]
Turk'men, Tur'ko·man, Tur'co·man adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

Turkoman 
1600, from M.L. Turcomannus, from Pers. Turkman, lit. "Turk-like," from Turk + -man "like."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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